4mths!

Lucas went for his 4mths well-baby check-up today, got his immunization shots as well. 3 jabs today for him, and this time there was no running away for me since I had to be in the same room as him. I just looked away.. the minute I heard him start to cry in pain.. couldn't take it..

Lucas is weighing at 5.45kg.. as heavy as a small sack of rice.. growing well. Our biggest concern is still his ezcema, which the doc - Dr Bush, today agreed seems to be getting worse. Now his face is red, patchy and peeling, probably from the steriod cream. Dr Bush (who is the Head of pedaitrics) still strongly feels it has something to do with what he is eating..we told him we tried Soy milk, and Lucas' eczema still did not improve. So he recommended us to try Nutrimigen or Alimentum.. which is another special kind of formula.. a REALLY EXPENSIVE kind.. for babies with colic and allergies. We bought nutrimigen previously for him when he had colic, but he din react too well to it, so we stopped.

So when Dr Bush recommended us to try it again, we were a bit hesitant. But seriously, we're at our wits end.. it's really hard to keep seeing Lucas keep scratching his face, esp at night, he can scratch til he cant sleep. We have to constantly keep our home cool so that his eczema doesn't flare up. We asked Dr Bush if we could do a allergy test for him instead, but Dr bush says allergy tests are not appropriate for babies his age, and since he's just taking formula and not solid foods, its easy to eliminate what type of formula he shud not be taking..

Dr Bush then gave us 3 sample tins of Similac Alimentum for us to try it on him and see if his eczema improves.. wow 3 tins.. saves us some money for now. we will also put off starting him on his semi-solids cerals for 1 more mth while we try the Alimentum on him.

PM Lee's Visit to MHAFB,,

A photo op with the Chief of the Singapore Air Force during

PM Lee's Visit to Mountain Home AFB

"Future Air Force pilot!"

That is what he said when he saw Lucas :)

Hitting the big 4

Lucas turns 4 mths soon! :) Time flies!

In a few weeks time, we might able to start him on soft solids. How exciting! Babies just grow up too fast.

Lucas is recovering.. He was sick a couple of days ago and we had to abandon our road trip plans at the very last minute. Our friends went on without us; we stayed behind to nurse Lucas. Doc said he has a viral infection - he had red spots on his body + cough+ cold + throat full of pheglm. These couple of days, he's been very manja, keep on wanting us to carry him and hug him, probably cos he fells unwell and wants some soothing. He also haven really been able to sleep very well, cries alot but we're not sure where is he feeling uncomfortable.. on top of that his face is still itchy from the Ezcema. Sigh, poor Baby suffering so much, really breaks out hearts..